Adaptive mesh generation by bubble packing method

Jeong Hun Kim, Hyun Gyu Kim, Byung Chai Lee, Seyoung Im

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Abstract

The bubble packing method is implemented for adaptive mesh generation in two and three dimensions. Bubbles on the boundary of a three-dimensional domain are controlled independently of the interior bubbles in the domain, and a modified octree technique is employed to place initial bubbles in the three-dimensional zone. Numerical comparisons are made with other mesh generation techniques to demonstrate the effectiveness of the present bubble packing scheme for two- and three-dimensional domains. It is shown that this bubble packing method provides a high quality of mesh and affordable control of mesh density as well.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-149
Number of pages15
JournalStructural Engineering and Mechanics
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Bubble packing method
  • Error estimator
  • Mesh density function
  • Mesh generation
  • Modified octree

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